Some people made a lot of money during the historically awful stock market last week. Eighty-four people made over $1,000,000 on their $2 investment in this past Wednesday’s Powerball lottery drawing, with total winnings of over $1 billion. The national fascination with the huge Powerball lottery was interesting to

Much like a stopped clock is right two times a day, a prediction that the stock market will decline will also come to fruition at some point. The more difficult part of the equation is figuring out when exactly that will happen. Further, how far will the market go down and over what time frame? […]

It is the season of anticipation—children are eyeing the presents under the tree, families are preparing for holiday guests…and investors are looking to December 16th to see if the Federal Reserve will finally raise interest rates for the first time since 2006. Given the recent good employment report, it seems all

Admission: I worked in the brokerage industry for over 10 years and feel as though I was successful for my clients, my employer, and myself. That being said, there are many things in the brokerage world that incentivize behavior that is not in a client’s best interest. The most glaring example of this is how

I admit I am only a casual sports fan…I watch NBA finals, the Super Bowl, Grand Slam tennis. But in watching the recent Grand Slam (fascinated with Serena Williams…), I was interested in what the announcers called “unforced errors”. These are the mistakes a tennis player makes that are not forced by the skill

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